SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The San Francisco Board of Supervisors accredited Tuesday laws that may ban personal safety guards from drawing firearms to cease shoplifting. Metropolis supervisors mentioned the legislation is a response to the killing of Banko Brown at a Market Avenue Walgreens retailer on April 27, 2023.
The legislation was proposed by Supervisor Dean Preston, who mentioned on the time of the incident involving a non-public safety guard working at Walgreens capturing and killing Brown, town’s police code allowed safety to attract their weapons in response to an precise menace to folks in addition to within the protection of property.
“We must be doing the whole lot in our energy to stop one thing just like the killing of Banko Brown from taking place once more,” Preston mentioned in a press release after the approval.
In keeping with metropolis officers, state coaching restricted unholstering a gun to solely conditions involving defending life, however San Francisco’s legislation was extra permissive. Coaching additionally acknowledged that drawing a weapon can escalate interactions. This laws would place town extra according to these state tips.
Whereas the brand new legislation was handed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Mayor London Breed might nonetheless veto it.
